Dama mesopotamica
Common name (English)
Persian fallow deer
Ηabitat
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
"The rate of introduction continued to increase during the first half of the 10th millennium, with the new introduction of two wild animals, fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the Persian fallow deer (Dama d. mesopotamica), and one new domestic taxon, sheep (Ovis aries)" (Vigne et al. 2014).
Pathway detail
Introduced before 6000 BCE.
References
Vigne JD, Zazzo A, Cucchi T, Carrère I, Briois F, Guilaine J (2014) The transportation of mammals to Cyprus sheds light on early voyaging and boats in the Mediterranean sea. Eurasian Prehistory 10(1-2): 157–176.